Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keelboater

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: keel-boater
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who travels by keelboat.

Example Sentences

"Performed with full-throttle gusto and contagious delight, Galena Rose teems with a rich mix of characters: confidence men, keelboaters who could brag Paul Bunyan into modesty, captains who turned steamboats into race hounds, genteel eastern ladies bravely hunkering down, a black miner trying to buy his freedom, and an antislavery preacher whose firebrand sermons scorched the heads of his congregation."

Etymology

From keelboat + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: keelboat

Inflected Forms

keelboaters (plural)

Questions

What does keelboater mean?: Someone who travels by keelboat.
Where does keelboater come from?: From keelboat + -er.

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